Cook-top structure for gas ranges



Jul 2, 1929.

B. c. ZUHARS COOK TOP STRUCTURE FOR GAS RANGES Filed Dec. 24, 1927 Q I 19 I 9, 51 1 3 INVENTDR Patented July 2, 1929.

UNITED STATES BENJAMIN o. ZUI-IARS, or MARTINS FERRY, omo.

COOK-TOP STRUCTURE FOR GAS RANGES.

Application. filed December 24, 1927. Serial Nb, 242,463.

This invention relates broadly to gas cook stoves, and more specifically to afront for such stoves.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a frame element for stove tops which embodies a shieldor cover for the gas manifold. l A further object is to prov1de a device of the character mentioned having a gas manifold formed as an integral part thereof.

In describing the invention in detail, reference herein had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view of the front endpor tion of a cook-stove top, partly in top plan and partly in section, illustrating the application my invention;

Figure 2 is a front sideelevation of the same; i

Figure 3 is a section on line 3 3, Fig. 2;

Figure 4c is a similar section, illustrating a modified form of the invention, and

Figure 5 is a section taken on line 55, l ig. 3. l 1

Referring to said drawings, 1 designates each of two opposite vertically disposed sheet-metal tray supports which have top and bottom longitudinal flanges 2 and 3, respectively, which extend inward horizontally at opposite sides of the upper portlon of a cook stove. Seated in overlylng relation to the opposite top flanges 2 are the similar flanges 1 of the opposite sheet metal side walls 5 of the stove, to which side walls said tray supports are attached, as by bolts 6. Said flanges 4 constitute the side members of the stove top, or top frame, and are adapted to support thereon the adjacent edges of the usual grids 7 which overlie the burners (not shown).

Forming the front portion or element of the grid. support, or stove top, is a horizontal depressed ledge 8 formed on a cast metal cover 9 by means of which are shielded the usual valves 10 through which gas is directed to conduits or mixers 11 leading to the burners. Said ledge 8, as herein shown, has each of its ends located on a relatively lower level to form a seat 12upon which the overlapping flanges 2 and 4 of the adjacent tray support and side wall rest and to which said flanges are rigidly attached by means of bolts 13. Thus, said ledge 8 constitutes a part which complements said flanges in the formation of the cook-stove top and which forms a rest or seat for the adjacent ends of the grids 7, as is best shown in Figs. 3 and l.

The cover 9 is of apron-like formation, having a ledge carrying top portion 9, a substantially horizontal portion 9 located on a lower level than ledge carrying portion 9 and overlying the position occupied by the valves 10, and a front side wall 9, which depends below the level of and in front of said valves, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Integral ends 14- are formed on the cover, as shown.

Said cover is secured in place, as by means of bolts15 directed through inwardly oil'- set panels 14, formed at the inner edge portions of the end walls 14:, and through the adjacent side walls 5. i

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a gas manifold 16 is cast integrally with the cover 9, the same being located in the angle between the substantially horizontal portion 9 and the depending front wall 9, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8. One end of said manifold opens inwardly, as shown at 16, and is adapted to have attached thereto an end of a gas supply pipe 17. The inner wall 16 of said manifold is preferably disposed in a vertical plane, as I shown in Fig. 3, and has screwed therein the adjacent tubular leads 10" carried by the valve bodies 10. The stems 18 of the valves project vertically upward through holes 19 provided therefor in the overlying portion b of the cover and carry the usual handles 20 whereby they may be rotated for opening and closing the valves.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the manifold is constituted by a pipe 16' which is supported by the cover 9, one or more depending lugs 21 formed on the under side of said cover carrying set screws 22 which are adjustable into partially underlying and supporting relation to said pipe.

It is to be understood that, while the cover 9 hereinbefore described constitutes a shield and concealing means for the manifold and the valves, it is not alone designed for such purpose, but also as a component part of the top frame of the stove. alfords greatly increased strength and rigidity to the stove top structure as compared with the top structures heretofore commonly employed in stoves of this type. Moreover, with the manifold embodied as an integral part thereof as shown in Figs. 1 to 3, a relativelyinexpensive structure is provided, due

As such part, it

to the elimination of the usual stove top frame.

What is claimed is 1; In a cook stove, a cook top including side members, grids occupying seated relation to said cook top, a gas manifold disposed in front of and below the level of said top, a plurality of valves associatedwith and controlling the passage of gas from said manifold, and a cover overhanging said manifold and said valves, said cover having a portion thereof substantially in the plane of and rigidly connecting and complementing said side members in the formation of said stove top.

' 2. In a cook stove, a cook top including tion to said cook top, a gas manifold dis- ;posed infront of and below the level of said top, a plurality of valves associated with and controlling the passage of gas from said manifold, and a cover located in overhanging and shielding relation to said manifold and said valves, said cover being attached at its opposite ends to said side members and having the inner edge of its top portion complementing the latter and forming the seat for said grids.

4:- In a cook stove, opposite sheet metal walls having inwardly bent top flanges forming elements of a cook top, a gas manifold disposed in front of and below the level of said cook top, a plurality of valves associated with and controlling the passage of gas from said manifold, and a member disposed in overhanging shielding relation to said manifold and said valves, said member being interposed between and rigidly connecting the front edges of said side walls and forming a support for the front ends of said top flanges of the latter, the inner top edge portion of said member being shaped to form a ledge which complements said flanges in the formation of said cook top.

5. In a cook stove, a cook top including side members, grids occupying seated relation to said members, a transversely disposed member rigidly connecting the front ends of said side members and complementing the latter in the formation of a support for said grids, said transverse member having downwardly and outwardly inclined apron-like form and having an integral gas manifold formed on its under side, and valves associated with and controlling the passage of gas from said manifold, said valves being located beneath and shielded by said transverse member and having their stems projecting upwardly through the latter.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

BENJAMIN G. ZUHARS. 

